{"id":15388,"date":"2018-01-18T12:18:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=15388"},"modified":"2018-01-18T12:18:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:18:18","slug":"mcconnell-plans-for-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/mcconnell-plans-for-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell plans for shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.politico.com\/77\/97\/238ec98b41dc8a1f8f1bda8762e0\/180118-mcconnell-getty-1160.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>They&#8217;ve accomplished nothing for 6 years except obstruction, and done worse than nothing since. Now, the blame game starts, and both sides blames the other for it. Do your fucking jobs! You can&#8217;t just keep throwing shit at the other side, like two tribe of monkeys at war, while all the tough issues you are arguing about, instead of dealing with, GET WORSE.<br \/>\nPS. The only solution CAN&#8217;T be more DEBT. As interest rates rise, payments to service the debt will quickly surpass our military budget&#8230;which is currently driving our country into bankruptcy.<br \/>\nSomething has to change&#8230;I say make it Washington. #FireCongress #Impeach45<\/p>\n<p>#Politico &#8211; #McConnell plans for #shutdown<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politi.co\/2mNxVxn\">http:\/\/politi.co\/2mNxVxn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;ve accomplished nothing for 6 years except obstruction, and done worse than nothing since. Now, the blame game starts, and both sides blames the other for it. Do your fucking jobs! You can&#8217;t just keep throwing shit at the other side, like two tribe of monkeys at war, while all the tough issues you are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-15388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13782,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/health-care-state-of-play-mcconnell-moves-on-to-repeal\/","url_meta":{"origin":15388,"position":0},"title":"Health care state of play: McConnell moves on to repeal","date":"July 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Sure. If you can't fix it, REALLY fuck it up bad. Mitch McConnell is a fucking shitbox, and represents everything wrong with the Republican party. I've voted Republican many times, but this man is wrong for America and would never get my vote for ANYTHING.http:\/\/cnn.it\/2tck2Lb","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16905,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/10\/mcconnell-sets-his-sights-on-medicare-and-social-security-saying-the-debt-is-very-disturbing\/","url_meta":{"origin":15388,"position":1},"title":"McConnell sets his sights on Medicare and Social Security, saying the debt is \u2018very disturbing\u2019","date":"October 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"As a Republican, he SHOULD be. VERY disturbed. $800 Billion deficit, plus rising interest rates, means the $21 TRILLION debt is going to skyrocket at a rate unseen in decades. 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The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15097,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/transgender-people-can-enlist-in-the-military-next-month-despite-trump-tweets\/","url_meta":{"origin":15388,"position":3},"title":"Transgender People Can Enlist in the Military Next Month, Despite Trump Tweets","date":"December 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Another #Trump policy change that isn't going to change, luckily. And, with any luck at all, he'll never build the wall...it's not looking good, despite the recent \"testing\" underway. No one will pay for it. Healthcare is worse now than before, thanks to his efforts, and should this \"Tax Reform\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15136,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/national-debt-interest-payments-dwarf-other-government-spending-chart\/","url_meta":{"origin":15388,"position":4},"title":"National Debt Interest Payments Dwarf Other Government Spending [CHART]","date":"December 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"$80 Billion for Dept. of Education - our kids. our future. $220 Billion for INTEREST PAYMENTS on National Debt $800 Billion on \"Defense\" (aka bombing other countries around the world in the name of peace) It's pretty clear that we have our heads directly up our asses, our priorities completely\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13443,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/horrific-afghanistan-bombing-highlights-stalemate-in-longest-u-s-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":15388,"position":5},"title":"Horrific Afghanistan bombing highlights stalemate in longest U.S. war","date":"May 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's go back in history, just a few short years. The Soviet Union...remember them? They spent a whole bunch of years in the Middle East...mostly Afghanistan. #YadaYadaYada, it BROKE their economy. 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